War is atrocious. People hear this everywhere they go and hear it in every class they have ever taken. Novelist Agatha Christie once said that "one is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one." What she means by this is that war does not accomplish anything‚ rather‚ it exists as a settlement between two factions who think they can take control of the other. Merely‚ war is a conflict between nation’s governments‚ rather than anything
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Politics is equally inscrutable. In today’s political turmoil‚ Syldavia irresistibly reminds of another fictional land‚ "Herzoslovakia" Balkan homeland of hero‚ wicked Boris Anchukov from "Secret of Chimneys" written by Agatha Christie‚ the land which the author describes as a land of violence‚ banditry and mystery‚ a country where the national hobby is "killing kings and having revolutions ". Syldavia and Herzoslovakia are‚ therefore‚ some universal Balkan countries‚ complex
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In his “Conflicts As Property” Nils Christie introduces the concept of conflict as proprietary and asserts that modern dealings with conflict in concept and in practice‚ particularly from a legal standing‚ follow a social framework designed to create distance and to mitigate personal involvement. Christie describes “...a process where conflicts have been taken away from the parties directly involved and thereby have either disappeared or become other people’s property.” One could extrapolate that
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The article Conflicts as Property by Nils Christie was published in the British Journal of Criminology in 1977. Christie suggests in this article that the conflicts of the individual are a valuable property to be owned and that in highly industrialized societies‚ conflicts have largely become the possessions of legal professionals rather than of those who are directly involved. Christie views this system‚ which most western legal systems follow‚ as one that should be abolished in order to more efficiently
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article written by the criminologist Nils Christie in the late 1970s. Throughout the entire article Christie argues “criminology to some extent has amplified a process where conflicts have been taken away from the parties directly involved and thereby have either disappeared or become other peoples property”1 This statement is what I have found to be Christies thesis in which all of his points refer back to. Christies Argument Throughout the article Christie reflects on why he believes the conflict
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In the article “Conflicts as Property” by Nils Christie‚ speaks about the impact that individuals have in the legal system. Christie believes that conflicts are seen as a natural characteristic in a society‚ and that industrialized societies don’t have much conflict. He says‚ with the growth of population people loss their freedoms. Conflicts are hidden and these important issues are overlooked by the everyday person without even realizing it. Christie believes‚ we need a process where the original
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literary work‚ Conflicts as Property‚ the author illustrates that conflicts play a vital role in societies. Conflicts in highly industrialized societies have been derived from people by the modern judicial system and professionals. The author‚ Nils Christie‚ views conflict as a form of property that belongs to parties who created them. In highly industrialized societies‚ like the society we are living in‚ individuals have lost their rights in participating in their resolutions. Conflicts are either
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Synge has beautifully captured many themes in his play "Playboy"; themes which can be very well related to the present times. Elements like affirmation‚ despair‚ romance‚ comedy and irony are still to be seen in todays life. In todays age of technological advacement and nuclear families‚ we can still find people facing issues due to the tyranny of older generation. This is very common in closed cultural societies like that of India‚ where people still believe in traditional concepts of large families
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Hugh Hefner & The Creation Of Playboy Hugh Hefner first showed his interest in publication at an early age‚ founding his high school newspaper while attending Steinmetz High School. Although he had a high IQ of 152‚ Hefner was unenthusiastic about school in general. After graduation‚ he served two years in the United States Army‚ then went on to attend classes at the Chicago Art Institute. After two years at the Art Institute‚ Hefner attended the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana‚ where
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Topic: Minority Rights Event: Christie Pits Riot On August 14‚ 1933‚ the worst race riot in Toronto’s history was triggered after a predominately Jewish baseball team‚ the Harbord playground‚ won a game at Toronto’s Christie pits (known as Willovale Park back then). This would enhance the prejudice that was already built among the Torontonian residents‚ as they felt like they were being invaded by foreigners. The following night a group known as the “Pit Gang” raised a swastika sweater to depict
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